Ubuntu-package-crawler NPM

ubuntu-package-crawler

Get info about ubuntu packages.

Install

This package has executables and can be used through require as well.

ubuntu-license

Get license info about distributed packages from ubuntu.

ubuntu-cve

Get CVE/USN infos about distributed packages from ubuntu.

Local install

Local install is recommended, you can use the executables from the node_modules directory:

# Local install
npm install --production ubuntu-package-crawler

# List executables
ls ./node_modules/.bin

# Execute bins in the folder
./node_modules/.bin/ubuntu-license -h
./node_modules/.bin/ubuntu-cve -h

Global install (not recommended, but its more comfortable to usue)

# Global install (needs sudo)
sudo npm install -g --production ubuntu-package-crawler

# All bins exported by this package should be in your path now:
ubuntu-cve -h
ubuntu-license -h